Guests for the 2026 Moreton Traditional Sing

Bernie Cherry was born near Rochester in Kent. He has been singing since 1966, mostly English traditional songs from places he’s lived and people he’s met. He was an early member of the Old Swan Band and founding foreman of Old Spot Morris. He’s currently a musician for Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers.

Ken Langsbury has sung all his life and still knows songs from his childhood and his time with the King’s Dragoon Guards in Malaya. He was a member of the popular harmony group, The Songwainers and fool for Old Spot Morris. He’s also a very fine storyteller. He’s never stopped singing and never will!

Bernie and Ken have been friends and collaborators for well over 50 years.

Folk music duo Bob and Gill Berry are significant figures in the Wiltshire folk scene, known for their performances of traditional and contemporary folk songs and their organisational work with the Devizes Folk Club and the Chippenham Folk Festival. They founded the Devizes Folk Club in 1992 and also run Wiltshire Folk Arts, which supports the county’s folk song, music, dance, and customs.

Bob and Gill met in 1983 and have a strong musical bond, performing close harmony and instrumentally backed songs which highlight Gill’s distinctive mellow voice. They are recognised for their deep musical and personal connection during performances and have released 4 music albums in their 40+ years of singing together. The latest is ‘Echoes of Alfred’ on the Wildgoose label.

Carolyn Robson was born near Hexham in Northumberland. She moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music and began her career as a teacher, radio presenter, performer, choir leader, arranger and composer.
She has an extensive discography, both solo albums and collaborations with other performers – with Terry Conway, Kathryn Tickell, Kevin Dempsey, Karen Tweed, and with Moira Craig and the late Sarah Morgan in the trio Craig Morgan Robson.
Until recently, Carolyn was music director of four choirs in Hampshire. She has opted for a slightly quieter life but is still busy conducting two choirs, arranging and composing and other musical activities, including performing as a duo with Moira Craig. She has recently produced a songbook of 16 songs entitled English Folk Songs and Carols arranged for community choirs by Carolyn Robson.

Originally from Devon, Graham O’Callaghan has been described as having one of the finest voices in the tradition. He is certainly very much at home in the company of the UK’s leading and most respected traditional singers and an early classical training mixed with more than a dash of Irish DNA certainly gives rise to a very special voice. “What I try to do is to reinject the poetry of the words back into the song and help people to appreciate why these songs were first written", he explains. Graham’s newly launched CD ‘Reflections’ has been received with great applause and has been played extensively on national and local radio stations Geoff Lakeman advises "It is a song library which should be in everyone's home”.

More than simply a folk-singer, multi award winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian Jim Causley is an all-round entertainer; during the past decade Causley has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award, including “Singer of the Year” in 2017. He won the Spiral Earth Singer of the Year award in 2014, presented his own folk music show on BBC Radio Devon and in 2015 he worked with BBC TV historian Dr Sam Willis to create the music for his show 'Highwaymen, Outlaws and Villains' and was asked to perform his song about Dartmoor tin mining 'Pride of the Moor' on BBC TV's Countryfile - Dartmoor Special. In 2011 Jim was part of an all-star cast for the first UK performance of Anaïs Mitchell’s opera ‘Hadestown’ in the Union Chapel, London.
2017 marked the centenary of Jim’s relative; the celebrated Cornish poet Charles Causley and award winning filmmaker Jane Darke made a specially commissioned biographical film about the poet which aired on BBC4 TV on 1st October as part of the Centenary celebrations. The soundtrack to the film was composed entirely by Jim and featured music from his 2013 album ‘Cyprus Well’ of musical settings of Charles’ work. In September 2018 Jim played to a crowd of 65,000 at BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park with new group ‘The Band of Love’. Jim was a member of folk super-group Narthen, replacing Leicester Simpson for two years until the sad death of Barry Coope in 2021.
Since the release of his debut album in 2005, Causley’s unique voice and persona have helped him become one of the most well-loved and respected figures of today’s contemporary roots and folk scene. A prolific collaborator, Causley is hugely admired for his work with iconic groups The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as playing, touring and recording alongside Waterson:Carthy, John McCusker, Eddie Reader, Graham Coxson, Shirley Collins, Michael Morpurgo, Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, David Rotheray of Beautiful South fame and many more. He was described by Mojo Magazine as “the finest singer of his generation” and they put Forgotten Kingdom in their Top Ten Folk Albums of 2016 list. Westcountry father of folk Geoff Lakeman described Causley as possessing “A voice in a million” in a recent interview in the Western Morning News, some accolade indeed!

Megan Wisdom is an ethnomusicologist, folk singer, and musician born and bred in Suffolk, England. As a folk music practitioner, Megan started her singing career in her native Suffolk, cultivating her signature warm and pared-back style in the traditional music scene of East Anglia, and now performs across the UK and beyond. She also performs with Mossy Christian as a duo; part of The Impish Dance Band; and in shows such as ‘Where Is My Boy Tonight?’, exploring fishing communities of the East Coast through oral history recordings. Megan is a regular feature at UK festivals and folk clubs, offering workshops, performances and talks immersed in East Anglian folk traditions past and present.

Moira was born in Scotland into a family where singing and music were a big part of her life and where her love of song was founded. She has long been recognised by club and festival goers for her superb interpretations of Scottish, Irish and English songs and ballads. A former winner of the “Sidmouth Singer of the Year” award, Moira became more widely known through her contributions to the Pastimes albums. She also has a solo album, “On Ae Bonny Day”. She has appeared in Britain, Germany and the USA, charming audiences with her clear ringing voice and wonderful repertoire. She is also part of the duo Moira Craig and Carolyn Robson since Sarah Morgan’s untimely death in 2013.

Sylvia’s pedigree in Traditional music is a long and distinguished one. In the 80s she formed the vocal nucleus of the influential Glasgow band Kentigern, and was one of a select group of female vocalists to sing with the Battlefield Band. She has fronted several other bands throughout her career, and currently performs with guitarist Sandy Stanage. She continues to be in demand as a solo singer however, and was recognised as Hands Up for Trad "Scots Singer of the Year" for 2006.In 2024 she was inducted into the Traditional Music Hall of Fame for services to Performance. She has been described as one of the finest ballad singers of her generation, her deep commitment to her songs and her involvement in them bringing them to life for the audience.

Tori is a popular senior British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Teacher and BWY Course Tutor. With 20 years of teaching experience, she brings a wealth of expertise including teaching yoga for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the National Orchestra of Wales. She is passionate about sharing the benefits of yoga through inclusive, welcoming classes and courses. She has performed at folk clubs and festivals and comes from a family of strong singers and appreciates first-hand how yoga helps to liberate the breath.

Will Duke lives in rural Sussex, plays the Anglo concertina, and sings English traditional songs. He spent many hours in the company of traditional singers in the 1970’s and 1980’s. He continues to be influenced by the playing style and repertoire of Sussex traditional musician Scan Tester, and plays one of Scan’s concertinas.

In the past he has played in The Pump and Pluck Band, The Etchingham Big Steam Band, The Twagger Band, and sung in duos with Vic Gammon, and with Dan Quinn.
In recent years he has met three musicians at the many tune playing sessions in Sussex who, like him, enjoy the tunes played by Scan Tester (1887-1972). They have learnt these rarely played items, and now play them as The Scan Tester Fan Club.